Westland Whirlwind HAS.7

C/N wa208

Built 1958 - Scrapped 1992





Helicopter Westland Whirlwind HAS.7 Serial wa208 Register XL846 used by Fleet Air Arm RN (Royal Navy). Built 1958. Aircraft history and location



Helicopter Westland Whirlwind HAS.7 Serial wa208 Register XL846 used by Fleet Air Arm RN (Royal Navy). Built 1958. Aircraft history and location
By Steve Mills


Helicopter Westland Whirlwind HAS.7 Serial wa208 Register XL846 used by Fleet Air Arm RN (Royal Navy). Built 1958. Aircraft history and location




Aircraft History





XL846

united kingdom Fleet Air Arm

1958-02-18Westland Whirlwind HAS.7, c/n WA208, ff: 18Feb58
del Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm as XL846, 28Feb58
wfu as A2625, unk
perished Predannack, 1992.
HAS.7 824Sqn/331-V and /U Apr 1958 until Apr 1959.
820Sq/291/X by Jan 1960
705Sq/530 by Oct 1960 until Nov 1962
Brawdy SAR Flt/904-BY by Aug 1963 until Nov 1967
Lossiemouth SAR Flt/685-LM by Dec 1968 705 NAS
1972-10 A EGDT Stored Wroughton store by Oct 1972
1978-03 B EGHF G I Airframe AES Lee, still as /85 (A2625) by Mar 1978, still Mar 1980.
1983-11-27 B EGHFPictured (pic1) at Lee-on-Solent as a BDR airframe
1984-02-20 B EGHF now showing repairs undertaken whilst in use as a BDR trainer at Lee-on-Solent


1986-04 C EGDO G I Airframe to Predannack by Apr 1986, perished 1992.




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